The Montreaux Detroit Jazz Festival, I believe, is now called the Ford
Detroit Jazz Festival. I went to the meeting for last years festival and it
made me want to puke. Ford sponsorship was one of the main topics of the
meeting, because the money givin to the jazz fest, compared to the demf, was
no where near the same. I guess you can't sell Ford focuses to a jazz
crowd. They had a t.v. special for the jazz fest last year and actually
stopped the music while broadcasting, so the CEO of Ford could come on stage
and promote there cars. This was around the time everybody was getting
killed in their suv's, because of firestone tires. (I puke, again) I can
honestly say that the jazz festival may not even happen in the years to
come. Thanks Ford. If the Howdown had the draw that the demf does, there
would be some points we could all count on:
1. Ford releases a new car called the Rodeo(smells like a steak and drives
like a mechanical bull)
2. The Ceo of Ford would be walking around in a ten gallon hat
3. The festival would be called the FORD Detroit howdown
4. The festival would fold, because the sponsors would eventually move on to
the next money maker.
All I can be thankfull for is that I was able to perform at Montreux(when it
was still montreux) and I was able to perform at the demf(when it was still
the demf).
ja
hey when IS that jazz festival?
I saw dizzy gillespy (sp?) there when I was a kid and would
like to go back for some live jazz
:)
-Joe
Indeed, though *most* of what you've said is correct, the
first point -- that the name is inconsequential -- is the
only one under real question.
let's not forget that the other big 3-day festival (jazz,
you know, during whichever one of those labor day/memorial
day weekends isn't in may and is in september, right?)
built an *enormous* international reputation, and
generated almost as much foreign tourism to detroit, and
almost as many festival attendees, as the DEMF did in its
first year.
and what is that festival called now? i can't remember
anymore, now that it's not montreaux. i mean, i'm serious
-- no one knows what the name is. but ask anyone
connected to detroit's rather limited tourism industry
(with the exception of the boileau dude, right?) and
they'll tell you that the lack of the name hurt
international tourism for the jazz fest. at least for the
first two years.
and, BTW, let's not forget that teh way the freep article
was written, May gets only six or seven words to give his
framework for the suit. and any six or seven words that
end and begin with the possibilty of the DEMF being bought
by a foreign concern are gonna sound like the rantings of
someone who's a little paranoid, or just into getting
promotion.
until you remember what happened to that other festival.
you know. whatever its name is now -- i can't remember.
cheers,
-marc
At 10:42 AM -0500 3/11/02, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>the name is rather inconsequential.
>
>the city of detroit owns hart plaza
>
>the city of detroit fronts the money for the festival (it
is later paid
>back by the sponsors)
>
>the city will decide who gets the contract next year.
>
>this strikes me as a publicity stunt.
>
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